‘Do You Want to Build a Meth Lab’ is the Best (Only?) ‘Frozen’ / ‘Breaking Bad’ Mashup You’ll Ever See

Unlike a cat-operated Roomba or a self-driving Uber, a “Breaking Bad” / “Frozen” mashup is not something I spent hours trying to create before giving up and hoping someone with actual talent would eventually invent.

Now that “Do You Want to Build a Meth Lab” has entered my life, however, I realize how foolish I was not to instinctively know this is the viral video I needed to get through this soggy dog turd of a Monday. It’s got everything I like: “Breaking Bad,” “Frozen,” showtunes, meth, and colorful animation.

As an added bonus, “Do You Want to Build a Meth Lab” succeeded where “Shake it Off” and the Kars-4-Kids jingle couldn’t by getting “Too Many Cooks” out of my head, which will save me a lot of money and a trip to the hospital for emergency lobotomy surgery.

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